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Donald M Mackay
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Librarian. Professional blog but views expressed entirely my own. Recent refugee from the Other Place....
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In the 1600s, Johannes Hevelius produced the first atlas of the moon, the Selenographia, sive Lunae descriptio (1647).

The Bodleian's digitisation of the Selenographia is available to browse online at tinyurl.com/3ux4zw9u
Left: A page from Selenographia: sive, Lunæ descriptio. From Bodleian Library Arch. H c.12. Right: NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth's Moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. NASA/JPL
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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By using Protocols.io (our New Resource of the month for January), protocols can be cited and linked to academic publications to enhance reliability and reproducibility
Science Doodles. Hand drawn test tubes, flasks, magnets, rockets etc. Stock image from Pixabay RSL New Resource graphic promoting Protocols.io Cartoon graphic of a woman and a man working in a lab with microscope, flasks and test tubes. Stock image sourced from Pixabay
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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We have an unlimited site-wide licence for #Covidence, the systematic review management software, which helps manage and support various stages of a review. Available to Oxford University staff, researchers, and students. @medsci.ox.ac.uk
support.covidence.org/help/univers...
Covidence logo with Systematic Review Management Software written underneath that. Underneath the title is an image of a laptop half open with cyan, magenta and yellow coloursalternating over the whole image.
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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But when is it International Men's Day they cry? It's today! Join us to celebrate with a free tea or coffee from 10-12 then unleash your creativity (and the minifig men) at Lego Lunch from 1pm #WellbeingWednesday #Internationalmensday
Image of around 100 Lego mini figures men all in different outfits. Stock image from Unsplash More Lego Minifigures. Stock image from Unsplash Lego minifigure Stormtrooper from Star Wars, about to get creative with a Lego easel. Stock image from Unsplash
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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November 5th might be best remembered for trouble brewing but we'll stick to the tea! Free cuppas from 10-12 noon at the library then make your own fireworks at Lego lunch from 1pm. No booking required

#WellbeingWednesday
AI generated image created using the Oxford University Chat GPT EDU access. Features a likeness of the Houses of Parliment as if made of Lego. Above it against a dark sky are a series of colourful fireworks - again styled like Lego.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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To celebrate Halloween, we thought we'd share this engraving from 'On the Fabric of the Human Body' by anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1543), which adorns our Book Collection Room at the Cairns Library.

We may or may not have doctored the image!
image of the engraving of a skeleton leaning on a table with it's right hand on top of a pumpkin.
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Give your brain a flight of fancy! ✈️ Build something amazing at Lego Lunch.

Every Wednesday, 1-2 pm, RSL Wellbeing Room. It's truly eggs-cellent!

#Wellbeing #LegoLife
Photograph of model plane made from lego
September 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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You may have heard we have 2 new booths at the Cairns Library! Great little 1-person spaces for video/telephone calls - bookable via Cairns library staff or our online booking tool LibCal: ox-ac.libcal.com/reserve/spac...
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image of a Dalek with a thought bubble which contains an image of a Cairns booth. The Dalek is thinking "So I've found the TARDIS, but where is the Doctor?". Another caption says "Sorry Dalek, it's a Cairns booth, not a TARDIS! But we're sure you'll find the Doctor in the Cairns Library!".
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM